Whatever happened to goddesses and earth worship?

January 02, 2021

Whatever happened to goddess and earth worship?

Whatever happened to the worship of female gods and the worship of the earth? Is the earth an actual living organism? In many cultures if not all there used to be the worship of the earth. Even the early cavemen understood the earth to be a maternal entity that gave birth to trees, grass and vegetation. The Greeks had Gaia, the Romans had Terra, the Chinese had the goddess Houtu the Zulus had the goddess Nomkhubulwane.

Early man had respect for the earth and female figure.

At some point in history, female goddesses got sidelined and the male god reigned supreme. And two chief culprits of sidelining goddesses is Islam and Christianity. And it is no surprise that with patriarchy and the monotheistic worship of the male god misogyny prevailed. For the last thousands the female figure has been shunned and covered up. Woman is viewed as the tempter and the reason of the fall of man. Religious texts are full of evil female characters and verse upon verse warn the righteous man to stay away from the seductress.

Now it is no surprise that the misogyny from religion has spilled over into our daily lives. Women are victims of rape, physical and verbal abuse. Even the word evil probably comes from Eve. From music, art to literature the female entity is degraded, shunned or used for profit. It is my belief that if man still worshipped female goddesses then on a subconscious level that respect would be extended to the female sex.

And it is no shock that the hatred of the female sex has branched over to the hatred of the earth, which has been represented as a mother and a womb for eons before the advent of Christianity and Islam. The earth is full of garbage and population and nature is desecrated at every turn. A return to the earth worship would harmonise man's relationship with the earth. And if humanity fails to have any respect for the earth which for all intents and purposes is a mother to us, nature will strike back and could potentially bring an end to humanity which now acts like a parasite on the earth. Man continues to disturb the balance of nature on his road to self destruction.